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Porfiri Artemyevich Podobed (russian: Порфирий Артемьевич Подобед; — 9 November 1965) was a Soviet film director, actor and manager at the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

.Cinema: Encyclopedic Dictionary // ed. Sergei Yutkevich. — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987, p. 325

and a stepsister of Vasily and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. rescue and was awarded for it. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1912. In 1915 Podobed joined the World War I. He served aboard the Gangut battleship and took part in the

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mining for which he was awarded the 3rd class

Order of Saint Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

. On 19 October a mutiny happened among the lower ranking members which led to an investigation and a trial. According to the memoirs of one of the rebels, Dmitry Ivanov, Podobed was relieved of duty for expressing support to the sailors, but was later restored and returned to war. Ivanov also claimed that Podobed helped underground revolutionaries. Following the October Revolution he took part in the Russian Civil War and served in the Soviet Navy headquarters under Aleksandr Nemits.

Career

In 1918 Podobed took a managing position at the

headed by his relative Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. He left it in 1919, but regained in 1921 following the demobilization and worked there up until 1926. He was one of the founders of the MKhAT Museum. His correspondence with Nemirovich-Danchenko contains many important facts about the theatre life during the New Economic Policy. Also in 1918 Podobed performed his first role in the ''Swamp Mirages'' drama movie directed by Victor Tourjansky and based on the ''Swamp Lights'' novel by Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko. The film was released only in 1923 and is considered lost today. In 1919 Podobed joined the

Moscow Film School The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

and then — the famous Kuleshov's Collective headed by Lev Kuleshov where he studied cinematography along with Vsevolod Pudovkin, Boris Barnet, Vladimir Fogel and other acclaimed actors/directors. Kuleshov highly regarded his discipline and commitment, and in 1924 he gave Podobed the leading role of a goofy

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John West in one of the first Soviet comedies ''

The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks ''The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks'' (russian: Необычайные приключения мистера Веста в стране Большевиков, Neobychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v stra ...

''. He later performed in several other movies by Kuleshov. In 1929 Vsevolod Meyerhold decided to make his directorial debut with ''Eugeny Bazarov'', a film adaptation of the Fathers and Sons novel by Ivan Turgenev. He invited Podobed to be his assistant. The troubled pre-production lasted for three years, and the movie was finally abandoned. From 1930 to 1943 Podobed worked predominately with Yakov Protazanov, first as a camera assistant and then — as an assistant director and a co-director. From 1942 on he worked at Mosnauchfilm (known as Voentechfilm during the World War II) dedicated to

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and educational films. He also taught filmmaking from 1920 to 1939.

Death

Porfiri Podobed died on 9 November 1965 aged 79. He was buried at the

Moscow Armenian Cemetery The Armenian Cemetery of Moscow ( hy, Մոսկվայի Հայկական Գերեզմանատուն, russian: Армя́нское Вага́ньковское кла́дбище, ''Armyanskoe Vagan'kovskoe Kladbishche'') is an Armenian historical ...

near his mother Elena Karry and his wife :fr:Lydia Redega (Lydia Konstantinovna Redega-Podobed (1888–1946)), a ballerina and ballet master at the

Musical Studio.'' Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (2003)''. Artistic Heritage in 4 Volumes. — Moscow:

, pp. 1355, 2718

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Podobed, Porfiri 1886 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Russian male actors Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Moscow Art Theatre Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class Russian documentary filmmakers Russian film directors Russian male film actors Russian male silent film actors Russian military personnel of World War I Russian Navy personnel Silent film directors Soviet documentary film directors Soviet film directors Soviet male film actors Soviet male silent film actors Soviet military personnel of the Russian Civil War Naval Cadet Corps alumni